For a detailed discussion of Abbey's college years, see Bishop, James (1995). "The Anarchist Emerges". Epitaph for a desert anarchist: the life and legacy of Edward Abbey. Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-0-684-80439-2.
Kowalewski, Michael (1996). "Introduction". In Kowalewski, Michael (ed.). Reading the West: New Essays on the Literature of the American West. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN978-0-521-56559-2.
McClintock, James I. (1994). "Edward Abbey: "An Earthiest"". Nature's kindred spirits: Aldo Leopold, Joseph Wood Krutch, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Gary Snyder. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN978-0-299-14174-5.